Call Signs

[Chef]

Is there a central register for call signs or a convention to follow when deciding on your call sign? What is the background to the need for a call sign? Obviously for a high line transfer or other emergecy would be useful...but how many of us have our call sign written on a nice piece of fabric to put on deck when needed? Or are we gioing to rely on morse in which case do you and your crew know what the morse for your call sign is?

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[Guest]

YOU don't decide your Call Sign ..... the Marine Radio Agency gives you one..... when you licence the Radio gear on board and the callsign satys with the boat ..... not you as owner.


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[LadyInBed]

central register for call signs - <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mars/ship_search.sh> Look here </A>
deciding on your call sign - You don't, its allocated.
call sign written down - Many of us have the call sign written or printed close to the radio.
morse - not in these days of DSC

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[Talbot]

Morse is not even a requirement for the Radio Ham exam anymore! Never could get much beyond one word an hour!/forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[StugeronSteve]

Wow, the register works! I was expecting the usual "this service is unavailable at present" message. ITU must be more efficient RLC, although that's probably no great feat.

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[david_e]

Ooo aahh - now I know what my call sign is! Thanks.

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[Cornishman]

To be strictly accurate it is called the Radio Licencing Centre (PO Box 1495 Bristol) The agency to which you refer is the Radio Communications Agency

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[TheBoatman]

Which is now!

OfCom
The RCA no onger exists.

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[Guest]

Forgive me !!!

Sorry I can't keep up with all these admin changes !!!!

At least I was on right sort of track ....

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[BlueSkyNick]

That's a good site Nigel, as it also shows how many other boats share the same name! You are like us in that there are lots named after a popular song, but there are a small number of Claymores and only one Glen Rosa or Passing Trade.

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[TheBoatman]

Your forgiven!!!

Nige
I agree I can't keep up either, it was only because I had a radio licence to renew that I found out.
The new system is going to save us ( the Government really) a load of dosh, the old system worked well, was reasonably efficient and you could download various forms straight from the RCA web site.

The new improved system won't allow you to download anything unlesss you want to start a TV station or some bugger is interfering with your TV signal.

Why is it that everytime a government minister says we are going to change this for a new and better system it never works as well as the old and costs twice as much?

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[jhr]

New, improved but not quite working yet

If you go to the Ofcom homepage, you will find a link, on the left hand side, to "legacy regulators". This will, after a leisurely stroll through several intermediate pages, take you to the old RCA download pages.

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[TheBoatman]

Re: New, improved but not quite working yet

Thanks but it's a bit late now, I struggled on with ofcom, gave up and went to the LIBS and got the forms, which were the old RCA ones.
But thanks anyway

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[whisper]

Is the R.H. column the nationality of the vessel ? If so then I can't find any British boats called Duet and I know I've got a call sign. Am I missing something ? Yes ok, apart from that /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[StugeronSteve]

Try typing your boat name in upper case, it worked for me.

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[BarryH]

s'funny, I can see 26 of them. The international desigtation for the UK is G. What were you looking for?

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[colin_jones]

AMATEUR RADIO LICENCE

The morse requirement has been dropped for the Foundation Licence, but this only permits max 10 watts output power and no access to 28Mhz.

For the Intermediater and Full Licences, morse is required at 5 wpm - a real doddle. The USA has a suggestion of dropping morse altogether, but nobody really knows idf this will happen and when.

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[LadyInBed]

When I first saw the entry and noticed that there was a ‘Ex Ship Name’ box, I e-mailed them and got the details changed to reflect the name change. I now have laminated printouts of the ITU entry in English, French and Spanish, as it’s the only ‘official’ document that I can produce that shows why the boat named on the Bill of Sale is different to it’s current name.

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[Jools_of_Top_Cat]

Isn't part of the renaming ceromony to remove and destroy all references to the old name /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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[whisper]

Thanks, I've found it - now I know G = UK /forums/images/icons/blush.gif

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